Did You Know?
• Veneering - applying
thin strips of wood on decorative objects - is an ancient Egyptian
craft. The throne from the tomb of Tutankhamen (King Tut) is
made of a cedarwood veneer overlaid with ebony and ivory.
• The Chinese first made paper as we know it today from a mixture
of mulberry bark, rags and hemp. But it wasn’t until the 18th
century that we recognized wood fiber as a good source of paper.
The French scientist Rene de Reaumur got the idea from observing
a wasp building a nest from a twig it mixed with its body fluids
to create pulp.
• Rubber got its name from the 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley
because he observed that it rubbed out pencil marks. Rubber
was used by the people of Belize in Central America for ball
games in the 11th century.
• Some Native Americans record the history of their tribes by
carving totem poles with illustrations of their experiences
and adventures.
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